Genre Films

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Genre Films
IndustryFilm production
Founded2010;14 years ago (2010)
Founder Simon Kinberg
HeadquartersUnited States
Key people
Simon Kinberg
Aditya Sood

Genre Films, usually credited as Kinberg Genre, is a production company founded by screenwriter-producer-director Simon Kinberg.

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History

Genre Films in April 2010 signed a first-look deal with 20th Century Fox, [1] which gave Fox "direct access" to ideas by Kinberg. [2]

Aditya Sood became president of production, and Josh Feldman became director of development.

In December 2013, Genre Films renewed its deal with Fox for three additional years. [3]

In 2016, the studio made its first leap onto television when ABC picked up Designated Survivor to series. [4]

In July 2019, it was announced that Kinberg and his Genre Films would be leaving Fox after 20 years. [5]

Filmography

Film

2010s

YearTitleDirectorDistributorNotesBudgetGross
2011 X-Men: First Class Matthew Vaughn 20th Century Fox uncredited; co-production with Marvel Entertainment, The Donners' Company, Bad Hat Harry Productions, Dune Entertainment and Ingenious Film Partners $140–160 million$353.6 million
2012 This Means War McG uncredited; co-production with Overbrook Entertainment and Robert Simonds Company $65 million$156.5 million
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter Timur Bekmambetov uncredited; co-production with Bazelevs Company, Dune Entertainment and Tim Burton Productions $99.5 million$116.4 million
2013 Elysium Neill Blomkamp Sony Pictures Releasing co-production with TriStar Pictures, Media Rights Capital, QED International and Alphacore $115 million$286.1 million
2014 X-Men: Days of Future Past Bryan Singer 20th Century Fox co-production with TSG Entertainment, Marvel Entertainment, Bad Hat Harry Productions and The Donners' Company $200–220 million$747.9 million
Let's Be Cops Luke Greenfield co-production with TSG Entertainment $17 million$138.2 million
2015 Cinderella Kenneth Branagh Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures co-production with Walt Disney Pictures, Allison Shearmur Productions and Beagle Pug Films $95–100 million$542.4 million
Chappie Neill Blomkamp Sony Pictures Releasing co-production with Columbia Pictures, MRC and LStar Capital $49 million$102.1 million
Fantastic Four Josh Trank 20th Century Fox co-production with Marvel Entertainment, Constantin Film, Marv Films, Robert Kulzer Productions, Hutch Parker Entertainment and TSG Entertainment $120–155 million$167.9 million
The Martian Ridley Scott co-production with Scott Free Productions and TSG Entertainment $108 million$630.2 million
2016 Deadpool Tim Miller co-production with Marvel Entertainment, The Donners' Company and TSG Entertainment $58 million$782.6 million
X-Men: Apocalypse Bryan Singer co-production with Marvel Entertainment, TSG Entertainment, Bad Hat Harry Productions, Hutch Parker Entertainment and The Donners' Company $178 million$543.9 million
2017 Logan James Mangold co-production with TSG Entertainment, Marvel Entertainment, Hutch Parker Entertainment and The Donners' Company $97–127 million$619 million
Murder on the Orient Express Kenneth Branagh co-production with The Mark Gordon Company and Scott Free Productions $55 million$352.8 million
2018 Deadpool 2 David Leitch co-production with TSG Entertainment, Marvel Entertainment, The Donners' Company and Maximum Effort $110 million$785.8 million
2019 Dark Phoenix Simon Kinberg co-production with Marvel Entertainment, The Donners' Company, TSG Entertainment and Hutch Parker Entertainment$200 million$252.4 million

2020s

YearTitleDirectorDistributorNotesBudgetGross
2020 The New Mutants Josh Boone 20th Century Studios co-production with Marvel Entertainment, Sunswept Entertainment and TSG Entertainment $67-80 million$49.1 million
2022 The 355 Simon Kinberg Universal Pictures co-production with Freckle Films and FilmNation Entertainment $40–75 million$27.9 million
Death on the Nile Kenneth Branagh 20th Century Studios co-production with Scott Free Productions and The Mark Gordon Company $90 million$137.3 million
2023 A Haunting in Venice Kenneth Branagh co-production with The Mark Gordon Company and Scott Free Productions $60 million$122.3 million
2024 Lift F. Gary Gray Netflix co-production with Hartbeat Productions and 6th & Idaho Productions $100 million

Upcoming

Release DateTitleDirectorDistributorNotes
TBA Avengelyne Olivia Wilde TBAco-production with LuckyChap Entertainment [6]
TBAI Am Not Alone Misha Green Netflix co-production with Bread & Circuses Entertainment & Freckle Pictures [7]
TBARed Shirt David Leitch Prime Video co-production with 87North & Free Association [8]
TBA The Running Man Edgar Wright Paramount Pictures co-production with Complete Fiction [9] [10]
TBAUntitled international heist film Shawn Levy Netflix co-production with Maximum Effort [11]

Television

2010s

YearsTitleCreatorsNetworkNotesSeasonsEpisodes
2016–2019 Designated Survivor David Guggenheim ABC (seasons 1-2)
Netflix (season 3)
co-production with The Mark Gordon Company (seasons 1-2), Entertainment One, ABC Studios (seasons 1-2) and Baer Bones (season 3)353
2017–2019 Legion Noah Hawley
based on Legion by:
Chris Claremont
Bill Sienkiewicz
FX co-production with 26 Keys Productions, The Donners' Company, Bad Hat Harry Productions (season 1), Marvel Television and FX Productions 27
The Gifted Matt Nix
based on X-Men by:
Stan Lee
Jack Kirby
Fox co-production with Flying Glass of Milk Productions, The Donners' Company, Bad Hat Harry Productions, Marvel Television and 20th Century Fox Television 229
2019–2020 The Twilight Zone based on The Twilight Zone created by:
Rod Serling
developed by:
Simon Kinberg
Jordan Peele
Marco Ramirez
CBS All Access co-production with Monkeypaw Productions and CBS Television Studios 110
2024 Sugar Mark Protosevich Apple TV+ co-production with Apple Studios, Protokino and Chapel Place Productions18

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